Eucharist Service

EUCHARIST SERVICE

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FELLOWSHIP

CELEBRANT: The Lord be with you.

PEOPLE: “AND ALSO WITH YOU”

CELEBRANT: Lift up your hearts.

PEOPLE: “WE LIFT THEM TO THE LORD”

CELEBRANT: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

PEOPLE: “IT IS RIGHT TO GIVE HIM THANKS AND PRAISE”

It is truly right to glorify You, Father, and to give You thanks. For You are face to face with the Son in the Spirit, Eternal
Life, dwelling together in the divine dance of holy unity, from before time and forever. Fountain of Life, source of all
goodness, You made all things in the Son, and in Him all things hold together and are filled with Your blessing. You
created them to rejoice in the splendor and brilliance of Your kind intention. Countless throngs of angels stand before You to serve You night and day, joining with them, as a Kingdom of Priests, representing and giving voice on behalf of allcreation, we acclaim You and glorify Your name as we say:

We acclaim You Holy Lord, The Three in One, glorious in love. Your goodness and kindness reveal that You are endlessly and unalterably for us. You formed us in Your own image, giving the whole world into our care, so that in fellowship with You, our Father, we might rule and serve all Your creatures.When we were plunged into the darkness of the lie, believing that You were not for us, too holy to look at us, You
contradicted the lie, never turning from us, and took sides with us against the accuser, promising the crushing of his
head by the woman’s seed. In Your wrath, the passionate NO! of Your love that refused our abandonment and
destruction, You came into our darkness to seek us until You found us.

Father, You loved the world so much that in the fullness of time, You sent Your only Son, to be our Savior; not to save us from You, but to take us to You. Incarnate by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, He lived as one of us yet without sin. To the poor He proclaimed the Good News of Salvation, to prisoners, freedom, and to the sorrowful, joy. And to fulfill Your purpose, He gave Himself up to death, and rising from the grave destroyed death, taking with Him the keys to hell and the grave, raising humanity to be seated in heavenly places, making the whole creation new.
And to expose the lie that we were unworthy servants under the gaze of Your disapproval, You sent the Holy Spirit, the very Spirit of Adoption, who continually intercedes for us, convincing us that we truly are Your beloved children, by whom we cry “Abba, Daddy”. When the hour came for Him to be glorified by You, His heavenly Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

At supper with them He took bread. And when He had given thanks to You, He broke it, and gave it to His disciples and said “Take eat, this is My body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of Me.”

After supper He took the cup. And when He had given thanks to You, He gave it to them and said, “Drink this, all of you, this is My blood of the New Covenant, which is shed for you and for many, for the undoing of sin, whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of Me.”

Father, we now celebrate this memorial of our redemption. Recalling Christ’s death and descent among the dead.
Proclaiming His resurrection and ascension to your right hand, and announcing our sharing in glory: We in Him, He in us, and together in You. And offering to You the gifts You have given us, this Bread and this Cup, we praise You and we bless You:

CELEBRANT AND PEOPLE: “WE PRAISE YOU, WE BLESS YOU, WE GIVE THANKS TO YOU, AND WE PRAY TO YOU LORD
OUR GOD”

Lord, we thank You that Your Holy Spirit brings all things to our remembrance and causes us to be partakers of Your
divine nature. And now sanctify these gifts showing them to be holy gifts for Your holy people. The bread of life, the cup of our salvation. The Body and Blood of Your Son, Jesus Christ.
Grant that all who share this bread and this cup, may become one body and one spirit, a living sacrifice in Christ, to the praise of Your Name.

Remember, Lord, Your One, Holy, Universal and Apostolic Church, redeemed by the blood of Your Christ. Reveal our
unity, guard our faith and preserve us in Your peace.

And grant that we may find our inheritance with patriarchs, prophets, apostles, and martyrs and all Saints who have
found favor with You in all times and places. We praise You in union with them and give You glory through Your Son
Jesus Christ our Lord.

CELEBRANT AND PEOPLE: “THROUGH CHRIST AND WITH CHRIST AND IN CHRIST ALL HONOR AND GLORY ARE YOURS,
ALMIGHTY GOD AND FATHER, IN THE UNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN.”
THE LORD’S PRAYER

CELEBRANT: Hallelujah! Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.

CELEBRANT AND PEOPLE: THEREFORE, LET US KEEP THE FEAST! HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! AMEN.

CELEBRANT: The Gifts of God for the people of God. Take them in remembrance that Christ died for you, and as you,
and feed on Him, this His resurrected, ascended and glorified body, in your hearts by faith, with thanksgiving.

(The Bread and the Cup are given to the communicants with these words)

CELEBRANT: The Body of Christ, the Bread of Heaven. PEOPLE: “AMEN”

CELEBRANT: The Blood of Christ, the Cup of your Salvation. PEOPLE: “AMEN”

CELEBRANT AND PEOPLE: FATHER, ALMIGHTY AND EVER-LIVING GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR FEEDING US WITH THE
SPIRITUAL FOOD OF THE MOST PRECIOUS BODY AND BLOOD OF YOUR SON, OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. AND FOR
ASSURING US IN THESE HOLY MYSTERIES THAT WE ARE LIVING MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF YOUR SON AND HEIRS OF
YOUR ETERNAL KINGDOM. AND NOW FATHER, SEND US OUT, TO DO THE WORK YOU HAVE GIVEN US TO DO, TO
LOVE AND SERVE YOU AS FAITHFUL WITNESSES OF CHRIST OUR LORD. TO HIM, TO YOU AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT BE
HONOR AND GLORY, NOW AND FOREVER, AMEN.

THE BLESSING

CELEBRANT: Let us go forth into the world, rejoicing in the power of the Spirit.

CELEBRANT AND PEOPLE: THANKS BE TO GOD! HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! AMEN!”